Mitch Williams

The Experience to Meet Your Needs...

MITCH WILLIAMS is a multi-talented, world-class
contemporary magical performing artist and lecturer with credits
in six countries on three continents.

He has won several national
and international performing awards, is considered an expert at
sleight of hand, and is also an accomplished artist, athlete, and
authority on creativity, peak performance, and human potential.
He brings this wide variety of talents, skills, and expertise to
his work, making his programs among the most original and
innovative in his field.

Mitch thrives on bringing his diverse abilities to bear finding
creative solutions to meet or often exceed his clients' expectations.
He specializes in creating unique, customized event entertainment,
speaking, and training programs that are designed specifically to
meet the needs of each individual client.

Bringing Vast Entertainment Experience to Your Events

As an entertainer, Mitch has gained years of experience performing
across this country and around the globe, for venues as diverse as
television, cruise ships, revue shows, nightclubs, theatres, conferences,
and corporate events. For more than twenty years, Mitch has used his
unique and memorable programs to help corporate and other groups, from
Beverly Hills to New York City and far beyond, to make their events
incredibly successful, impressive, and just plain fun.

Mitch's corporate clients include such notable companies as:

Merrill Lynch

Nissan Motors

Nestle

Morgan Stanley

Hallmark Cards

Caterpillar

RLI Corp.

Horace Mann

Dean Witter Reynolds

Kraft Foods

and many, many more.

His performing credits in this country include:

Harvey's Casino, Lake Tahoe

The Normandie Casino in California

"It's Magic" show at the Variety Arts Center in Los Angeles

Brown's Hotel, Loch Sheldrake, NY

Magic Island Nightclubs in Houston and Newport Beach

Punchline Underground Atlanta

The Body Shop in Los Angeles

Beverly Hills Country Club, Beverly Hills, CA

Wizardz Nightclub in Universal City, CA

And he is one of the favorite performers at the
Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA; the world's most famous magic nightclub.

Mitch has been featured on the same bill with such notable celebrities
as Doug Henning,
Penn & Teller, Lance Burton, Elaine Booslier, Rosie
O'Donnell, Marty Allen, Jeff Dunham, and
Dennis Miller.
And he has also performed in
Japan, Spain, Holland, Canada, and
Mexico, and has appeared on
television programs on Fuji-TV and NHK-TV in Japan and on the series,
Aixo es Massa, on TV3 in Spain. Mitch brings his extensive
international experience to each program he presents, ensuring his clients
get the best in top notch entertainment.

A "Magician's Magician"

Mitch has developed a reputation among his peers throughout the world
as a unique and highly talented entertainer. He's known as a
"magician's magician", and his performing awards include:

International Brotherhood of Magicians Stage Award of Merit

Bill Baird Award of Excellence in Sleight of Hand

I.B.M. Gold Medal Finalist

Society of American Magicians Stage Award and Gold Medal

Ben Chavez Memorial Trophy for Proficiency in Sleight of Hand

He's also appeared as a featured artist at numerous large regional and
national "magic conventions" in Japan, Europe, and throughout the
United States, and he has conducted in depth seminars for magic
enthusiasts throughout the country on "how to approach magic as an
actual art form", all to rave reviews.

His "Director's Eye" Sees Your Big Picture

Illusions: A Magic Spectacular(revue show that toured throughout Canada - acted as artistic and technical consultant and advisor)

The Wizard's Den: the Magical Land of Imagination(educational show for school children - created, directed, and co-wrote,
with his wife Kathi)

His keen director's eye gives him a unique ability to easily discern
both the "big picture" and the individual needs of a client's event,
and to meet those needs in ways that are both artistic and practical.

Training, Education, Peak Performance, and More!

As a speaker, trainer, and consultant, Mitch has presented at venues throughout
the United States, conducting a variety of lectures, seminars, and in
depth workshops. Mitch brings to his various educational and self
improvement programs expertise as an extremely competent teacher in a
variety of areas.

He calls on insights from his extensive background
in such diverse fields of study as: art (he is an accomplished graphic
artist and painter); the martial arts (he holds a fourth degree black
belt in Judo and has experience in Aikido, Ju Jutsu, Karate, and Tai
Chi): as well as his ongoing studies in psychology, peak performance,
human potentials, philosophy, science, creativity, and movement
technique.

Mitch currently makes his home in Canton, Illinois, with his wife,
Kathi, where he teaches a Judo program for children and adults, is
occasionally involved in mentoring children with special needs, and
he performs a variety of magic entertainment, educational, and self
improvement programs for corporate and other groups throughout Illinois,
the midwest, and beyond.